more blues
it is raining – only a light misting
but we haven’t had any moisture in weeks so anything is welcome
I heard the garden sigh!
it has taken days to get to this point
starting with a light coloured weft makes any threading mistakes easier to see
designed to use up numerous handspun yarns
the warp is sett at 36 e.p.i
the pattern is dornik twill
and the weft is a very fine scratchy mohair, indigo dyed
weaving at approximately 30 e.p.i.
it was a bit of a struggle to wind the warp
and then wind it on the back beam
“oh, what tangled warps we weave …”
but it is behaving well and with only one shuttle hopefully will weave fairly quickly
it is soft and will drape nicely
a warm, winter hanten for working in the studio
with August almost finished
here is the month’s prayer flag – sort of
flying in the early morning sun
I love the cranes, they are so hopeful!
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Kjerstin – they seems appropriate at this time in the world, and they were fun to make .
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I like your technique for keeping track of the yarns you’ve used! And the cranes are so wonderful–I’d love to see them moving in the breeze!
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Kerry – I only do yarn sample cards when there are several different yarns in a warp. In our good weather it is fun to see the cranes outside in the tree.
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What yummy stripes!
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Alice – winding 4 different warp yarns together and then sleying randomly is a good way of using up small lots and often gives good stripes – but it takes more warping time!
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i’m so impressed you keep on weaving in this summer exhaustion…i still haven’t made the total blog switch–too tired.
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Velma – I really slowed down this summer but the season has shifted, raining this morning – the earth is so dry it is a blessing.
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I love your cranes, beautiful.
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Lis – thanks, they were fun to make. The weather is changing, they’ll have to come inside.
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